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SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:21 pmby magpie in the 80's
1.Which metallic element has the chemical symbol W?
TUNGSTEN
2.Of what is somatology the study?
THE OUTER BODY
3.What name is given to a student of earthquakes?
SEISMOLOGIST
4.What is the common name for the tree known as the arbutus?
STRAWBERRY
5.What is the common name of the bird Troglodytes troglodytes?
WREN
6.From which creature was sepia originally obtained?
CUTTLEFISH
7.What did Foucault's pendulum prove?
THAT THE EARTH ROTATES
8.What does a hygrometer measure?
HUMIDITY
9.What is the name of the geological fault that runs down the west coast of California?
THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
10.What is the scientific name for the white of an egg?
ALBUMEN
11.What weapon did Robert Whitehead invent in 1866?
TORPEDO
12.For their discovery of what did Watson, Crick and Evans win the 1962 Nobel Prize for medicine?
D.N.A.
13.What are Deimos and Phobos?
THE 2 MOONS OF MARS
14.What is myology?
STUDY OF MUSCLES
15.What is produced in a Bessemer converter?
STEEL
16.What is the so-called lead in a pencil really made of?
GRAPHITE
17.What name is given to the original land mass from which the modern continents have developed?
PANGAEA
18.In which US city was the world's first telephone exchange?
BOSTON
19.What instrument is used to detect radiation?
THE GEIGER COUNTER
20.What is TNT short for?
TRINITROTOLUENE
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:18 amby JAS
Q3 Seismologist
Q6 Cuttlefish
Q9 San Andreas
Q10 Albumen
Q15 Pig iron
Q16 Graphite
Q19 Geigercounter
Regards
JAS
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:24 amby godoubleblues
Q7 - that the earth rotated
Q13 - the two moons of Mars
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:12 amby magpie in the 80's
JAS wrote:Q3 Seismologist
Q6 Cuttlefish
Q9 San Andreas
Q10 Albumen
Q15 Pig iron...INCORRECT
Q16 Graphite
Q19 Geigercounter
Regards
JAS
OTHERS CORRECT JAS
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:12 amby magpie in the 80's
godoubleblues wrote:Q7 - that the earth rotated
Q13 - the two moons of Mars
CORRECT GDB
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:36 pmby FattyLumpkin
1. Tungsten
8. Humidity
12. DNA
17. Gondwanaland
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:03 pmby Son_Of_O
Q. 11
Torpedo with its own propellar
Q 20
Tri-nitro-toluoene (unsure of spelling)
Q 5
.............. Wren?
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:06 pmby Son_Of_O
Son_Of_O wrote:Q. 11
Torpedo with its own propellar
Q 20
Tri-nitro-toluoene (unsure of spelling)
Q 5
.............. Wren?
I should know question 5 from many hours spent playing Dungeons and Dragons as a kid. Some sort of cave dwelling Wren i reckon. But definately a Wren!
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:17 pmby magpie in the 80's
FattyLumpkin wrote:1. Tungsten
8. Humidity
12. DNA
17. Gondwanaland.....incorrect
others correct FL
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:17 pmby magpie in the 80's
Son_Of_O wrote:Q. 11
Torpedo with its own propellar
Q 20
Tri-nitro-toluoene (unsure of spelling)
Q 5
.............. Wren?
all correct soo
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:18 amby Q.
17. Pangaea
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:39 amby magpie in the 80's
Quichey wrote:17. Pangaea
CORRECT Q
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:05 pmby Son_Of_O
2. Skin conditions?
14. Soft tissue (humans)
15. Iron turned into steel
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:26 pmby magpie in the 80's
Son_Of_O wrote:2. Skin conditions?...INCORRECT. IT'S MORE GENERAL
14. Soft tissue (humans)..NEED MORE INFO
15. Iron turned into steel.........CORRECT
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:11 amby Son_Of_O
2. Skin or outer-body
14. Muscle
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:14 pmby magpie in the 80's
Son_Of_O wrote:2. Skin or outer-body
14. Muscle
correct SOO
Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:49 pmby magpie in the 80's
magpie in the 80's wrote:1.Which metallic element has the chemical symbol W?
TUNGSTEN
2.Of what is somatology the study?
THE OUTER BODY
3.What name is given to a student of earthquakes?
SEISMOLOGIST
4.What is the common name for the tree known as the arbutus?
STRAWBERRY
5.What is the common name of the bird Troglodytes troglodytes?
WREN
6.From which creature was sepia originally obtained?
CUTTLEFISH
7.What did Foucault's pendulum prove?
THAT THE EARTH ROTATES
8.What does a hygrometer measure?
HUMIDITY
9.What is the name of the geological fault that runs down the west coast of California?
THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
10.What is the scientific name for the white of an egg?
ALBUMEN
11.What weapon did Robert Whitehead invent in 1866?
TORPEDO
12.For their discovery of what did Watson, Crick and Evans win the 1962 Nobel Prize for medicine?
D.N.A.
13.What are Deimos and Phobos?
THE 2 MOONS OF MARS
14.What is myology?
STUDY OF MUSCLES
15.What is produced in a Bessemer converter?
STEEL
16.What is the so-called lead in a pencil really made of?
GRAPHITE
17.What name is given to the original land mass from which the modern continents have developed?
PANGAEA
18.In which US city was the world's first telephone exchange?
BOSTON
19.What instrument is used to detect radiation?
THE GEIGER COUNTER
20.What is TNT short for?
TRINITROTOLUENE
QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.
END OF QUIZ
